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When I was about 12, another boy, somewhat older and I, were leaving an art exhibit.
A modern art painting was near the exit, as was the lady in charge.
I ask her what this painting was suppose to be, and she said it was the artist expressing themselves..
I then ask if they were having a nervous breakdown.
She laughed.

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Modern arts sucks because it has been co-opted by liberals. Liberals ruin everything they control.


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Some of my daughter's art,...rendered from carbon dust, a small brush, spit, and her finger.

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Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects.

Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

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Throughout the ages, those who possessed and used significant knowledge and skill to produce great art according to the values of their times were able to leave a record of that art because it was acknowledged and held high. The poor art of those times went to dust. Not all of that broadly praised art is met with an approving eye today, and it always has been so. This indicates the strong influence of individual tastes - "the eye of the beholder".

In the early stages of "Modern Art" (possibly further back than one might think) the artists who were able to rise above did possess and use fine knowledge and skills, showing mastery of strong principles in design, form, color, use of light, perspective, etc. During the 20th century, serious social and academic undercurrents in the "art world", especially in the US, undermined the importance of many if not all of those classic artistic principles.

Critique based on application of knowledge, skill, etc. gradually became replaced with uninformed critique - "anything goes" if the artist thinks there is a message, or if you think there is something there. Weak standards. Lousy stuff passed off as art. But, not ALL of it is lousy. What of it will prevail, and endure - and why?

If you think that progression is odd or unacceptable - take a listen to contemporary music. Which of THAT will endure.

"Art" can be a tricky thing - the best of it arrives on a strong foundation.


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Very simple, art is subjective...and I am tired of being subjected to what they now insist is art.


These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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Originally Posted by P_Weed

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects.

Imagination without skill gives us modern art.


That is as apt a description as any I have seen.


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I like this one, just a technique study by HS kid.

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The prev pics done by Jon McNaughton?
Pretty boring.
Style I don't care for either.

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Those done on velvet?


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Patriot velvet.

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Thanks for the reminder, not all art in this time is despicable, even if most done by lieberals is.


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Too funny:

https://www.thelocal.ch/20180404/cl...way-swiss-artists-unhappy-meal-sculpture

Cleaners accidentally throw away Swiss artist’s 'Unhappy Meal' sculpture

When an artist plays with the reality, it can have unintended consequences.

That’s what happened to Switzerland’s Carol May recently when her “Unhappy Meal” sculpture was thrown away by cleaners during the hotel-based Harbour Art Fair in Hong Kong.

The work was being displayed in a hotel room converted into an exhibition space along with other pieces by the Swiss art collective a-space.

Like many of May’s pieces, the “Unhappy Meal” sculpture aims to shed a critical light on consumer culture. It resembles the traditional bright red and yellow boxes available at McDonald's restaurants around the world.

But there is a twist: the familiar smiley face has been turned upside down.

“A lot of my pieces involve very small alterations to familiar items: changes that aren’t maybe obvious at first glance,” May told The Local.

Unfortunately, in this case, cleaners at the Hong Kong hotel were also unable to spot the difference and threw away the artwork valued at around 350 francs.

Cleaners quickly rescued the piece from the trash, but it was battered beyond repair.

“Initially I didn’t find it funny at all,” May said. “But later I realised it meant my imitation had been a success.”


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Never been a fan of modern art. Give me the works of Russell, Bodmer, Remington, Alfred Jacob Miller, David Wright, Lee Teter, Carrie Ballantyne, O.C. Seltzer, etc, and I'm a happy camper. To each his own.


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